Monthly Archives: January 2010

In trying to decide which day of the week I would post recipes, I thought of some silly monikers for each — à la “Food Friday” (weak), “Whet it Wednesday” (obtuse), “Tasty Tuesday” (also weak), “Mastication Monday” (yeah)… you get the idea. I also considered a forceful, straight-up “FOOD!” because directness is often a good...

It’s (still relatively close to) the start of the new year, and with the annual flip of the calendar inevitably comes reflection on months past, as well as consideration of what’s to come. A month or so ago I was writing a long overdue letter — longhand and everything — to my great aunt and...

Having just returned to Connecticut from California, where I would use the words “mild,” “comfortable,” and dare I say “enjoyable” to describe the winter there, I am struck by the weather contrast to the Northeast. We deplaned into below freezing weather and made the mistake of commenting on how little snow there was on the...

Welcome to 2010! I’m still having a hard time typing that. I always accidentally type 20010, though to be fair I have only had nine days of practice! While I work up a couple of posts about my goals for this coming year and my (amazing and amazingly fast) trip to California, I thought I’d...